Hallo Leute,
ich habe mir erlaubt, Eure Diskussions-/ Kritikpunkte zu sammeln und Doug Ritter dazu zu befragen.
Er hat mir dies geantwortet:
Thanks very much for your email and interest. I cannot argue that the
hollow spaces in the Griptilian handle may collect the stuff you mention,
but they also rinse clean with little effort. More to the point, they
allow for a considerably lighter knife overall without any significant loss
of strength to the handle. Every knife design is a compromise and this is
a fair tradeoff, from my perspective.
With regards the AXIS Lock omega springs, I am not aware of any lock
failures in the field. There have been some relatively few examples of a
spring failing, for a variety of reasons, none specifically determined to
be caused by corrosion (rust) of which I am aware. If there have been any
caused by corrosion, they would have to be extremely rare. In all spring
failure cases of which I am familiar, the lock still worked properly as
only a single spring is necessary for full function and the odds against
both springs failing simultaneously are very high. I am aware of far too
many liner lock or integral lock failures for a variety of reasons, as well
as numerous injuries. There is also this safety aspect of having to cross
the path of the blade to release the knife and close it and the fixed
handness of a liner lock compared to the safety of the AXIS lock and the
ambidextrous nature of the AXIS Lock. As noted previously, every knife
represents a compromise and I believe the advantages of the AXIS lock far
outweigh any perceived, but not demonstrated in real life,
disadvantages. It has been well proven now in many years of field use and
I have confidence it will see a person through whatever trouble they may
find themselves in.
I make no representation that the RSK Mk1 is the ultimate survival
knife. I do believe it is an extraordinary value that will perform for the
most part on par with or exceed the performance of knives costing two or
three times its cost.
A significant factor in accomplishing this was to utilize the existing
Griptilian handle which had the features and performance required, even if
it isn't very exotic in nature and even if it has some perceived flaws for
some. Were we to develop a new handle, of G-10 or Micarta, for example,
the cost would have risen dramatically, even if we were to use the existing
handle as a "model." It would necessitate new liners as well. Moreover,
to gain the sort of grip that the Griptilian is so aptly named for, would
require some complicated milling that would further increase costs. And,
the weight would also increase significantly. In the end, we would not
have served the market I am trying to serve, the average person who wants a
quality high-performance easy to carry knife, but who doesn't have the
money to buy an expensive blade.
Hope this answers your questions and concerns.
Ich denke, dabei wird einiges klarer.
Grüsse
12knife
